Category: HUB News

  • Fencing instructor says sport gaining popularity

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent BY PATRICIA YOCZISCorrespondent SCOTT PILLING staff Nicole Vanni, 9, (l) and Tiffany Perumpali, 10, practice their skills at the Atlantic Fencing Club, Colts Neck. The sport of fencing is an exciting way to exercise the body and mind, with no age limit for participants. “Students range in age from 7 to…

  • Oceanport council approves budget on third try

    Controversial boro administrator post cut to part time BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The position of borough administrator in the borough continues to be a contentious issue among council members who did agree on a municipal budget last week after two failed attempts. At a third special budget meeting…

  • Post office pitches in

    Top to bottom: Postal employees Patty Quattrocchi (l), of Atlantic Highlands, and Joe Gandolfo and Sam Minniti, of Shrewsbury, sort donations at the Red Bank post office Saturday as part of the letter carriers’ annual nationwide food drive, Stamp Out Hunger. Canned goods are sorted at the post office. Quattrochi and Gandolfo sort donated goods…

  • Zoning Board, residents query RBC expansion

    Congestion, green space, enrollment are concerns BY SARAH KLEPNER Staff Writer BY SARAH KLEPNERStaff Writer Red Bank Catholic High School Principal Robert Abatemarco testifies at the Red Bank Zoning Board meeting May 3. RED BANK – – Traffic concerns continue to be at the forefront of discussion about Red Bank Catholic High School’s proposed student…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Hopefuls Kerilyn Acer ( l-r) and Michelle Budzyna, both Middletown, practice a dance routine prior to auditioning for roles in Disney’s “High School Musical” at Phoenix Productions’ rehearsal studio in Red Bank May 5.

  • Zoning Board denies Westside Ave. project

    Scaled-down plan fails to gain board approval RED BANK – Despite being downsized, a residential development proposed for the borough’s west side failed to gain the approval of the Zoning Board of Adjustment last week. The Zoning Board held its final public hearing May 3 regarding the proposed project on West Westside Avenue, which had…

  • O’port council fails to agree on budget

    Stalled by dissent over position of boro administrator BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The Oceanport Borough Council failed for a second time to approve the 2007 municipal spending plan at a special meeting held last week. At the May 3 meeting a motion was made by Councilwoman Ellynn Kahle to adopt…

  • Controversy over tree ordinance to be aired

    Walrath announces resignation from Borough Council BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent FAIR HAVEN – Residents will have a chance to express their opinions about a controversial ordinance that would regulate tree removal on their properties at the Borough Council meeting June 11 when a public hearing on the ordinance will be held. The…

  • Panter: Military housing plans pose security issues

    Tinton Falls sees impact on school district BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer Panter Mix together economics, housing, children and their education, and you get one combustible mess. Add a terrorism bust in New Jersey focused on a military facility, and boom! … clarity. According to Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12), the terrorism…